In the first seven months of 2025, freight transport on Chinese railways increased significantly. According to data from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the national railway network benefited from both greater utilisation of transport capacity and improved...
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“Turkish ban on ZIM ships – what is happening?”
In response to Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip and growing domestic pressure, Turkey suspended bilateral trade with Israel as early as May 2024. The suspension covered exports and imports worth more than USD 7 billion annually. The government also began restricting...
The Intermodal Gateway of the Future: Hitachi Rail’s digital solution boosts rail freight
As part of a joint venture, Hitachi Rail has brought a new digital solution, ‘InGa-Z’, to market, which can transform efficiency at intermodal freight terminals. Protostellar GmbH, is the joint venture driving this solution and consists of Hitachi Rail, MT Logistics...
Modal Split of Transport in the EU – Maritime Dominance, Road Growth, Rail Stagnation
Transport is an important sector of the European Union (EU) economy and plays a key role in modern, mobile society. Transport and mobility are also central elements of sustainable development. Sustainable transport can support economic growth and improve accessibility...
Gdańsk launches new container service to the USA.
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's largest container shipping company with a fleet of over 850 ships and a global network of over 300 routes, is expanding its Albatros service from Gdańsk with direct calls to ports on the east coast of New York and...
Chinese operator CRCT joins Middle Corridor Multimodal joint venture
At the beginning of August 2025, an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Middle Corridor Multimodal joint venture, established in 2023, was held in Baku with the participation of representatives of the railway administrations of Azerbaijan, Georgia and...
Over 14 million tons of cross-border cargo transported via the China-Laos route
Since the opening of the China-Laos railway line in December 2021, more than 14 million tonnes of cross-border cargo worth over 60 billion yuan (approximately 8.4 billion US dollars) have been transported on it by 6 August 2025. During the first seven months of 2025,...
“Summary of the performance of Polish seaports in the first half of 2025”
Published by Actia Forum, the latest Port Monitor report presents the performance of Polish seaports in the first half of 2025. The data shows that the total cargo throughput of Polish ports in H1 2025 amounted to 68,462.7 thousand tonnes, which is 1.05% more than in...
Number of ships transiting Suez Canal declines from 80 to 35 vessels per day due to Houthis’ attacks
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have severely disrupted maritime navigation through the Suez Canal, with the number of transiting ships dropping from 70–80 vessels per day to just 30–35, said Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), during...
MSC Launches Fast New Alpaca Service for Trade Far East to South America West Coast
MSC is launching a new service scheduled to commence in September 2025, offering customers extremely fast transit times for trade between the Far East and the west coast of South America – including market-leading speeds between Ningbo in China, via Busan in South...
Iran and Azerbaijan have agreed to accelerate work on the western branch of the North-South Transport Corridor.
On 22 July 2025, negotiations took place at the Astara border terminal under construction in Iran between the management of the Iranian Railways (RAI) and the Azerbaijani Railways (ADY), attended by representatives of the government and the state-owned company...
Turkmenistan joins the Middle Transport Corridor
In early July 2025, the Turkmen state agency Turkmendenizderiayollary announced a tender for the design and organisation of the production of two Ro-Ro rail ferries and one dry cargo ship. The ships will be built at the Balkan shipyard located near the port of...